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This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the Labour Court handed down on 1 June 2018 dismissing, with costs, an appeal made by the appellant against an arbitral award made by an arbitrator on 18 July 2017. More

This is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court sitting at Harare under case number HC 6431/14 and judgment number HH 405/17 handed down on 28 June 2017. The respondents had filed an application for a review of the first appellant’s decision in proceedings which led to the dismissal of the first and second respondents. The court a quo set aside the dismissal of the second respondent and ordered that he be reinstated to his former position as Lieutenant at the School of Signals. More

This is an application for condonation of the late filing of an application for reinstatement and the reinstatement of the appeal made in terms of r70 (2) of the Supreme Court Rules, 2018. The applicant initially filed a timeous application for reinstatement of his appeal which was deemed abandoned under case number SC 04/19. The application was struck off the roll with no order as to costs on 14 May 2019 prompting the applicant to lodge a fresh application on 29 May 2019. More

Applicant filed an application with this court seeking an order compelling 1st respondent to schedulle or to cause to be schedulled an arbitration hearing of a labour dispute between her and the 2nd respondent so as to “advance” the matter in terms of the Labour ct (Chapter 28:01). The brief history of the matter is that the applicant was employed by the African Sun Limited group of hotels. She was stationed at the Elephant Hills Hotel at Victoria Falls. At the relevant time, she states that she was a Deputy General Manager at the Elephant Hills Resort. Sometime in 2010... More

This is an application for review of trial proceedings presided over by the 1st respondent against the applicant. The relief sought is couched thus:- “1. The trial proceedings against the applicant presided over by the 1st respondent be and is hereby set aside. 2. The prosecution of the applicant in terms of the Police Act in particular the allegations forming the subject of this case be permanently stayed. 3. The respondents be ordered to pay costs of suit on a client and attorney scale.” More

This matter came to me by way of an urgent chamber application. At the initial set down date, both counsel, particularly counsel for the applicant, intimated that they wished to file some precedents that would guide the court to dispose of the matter appropriately. In view of the legal issues raised and apparent from the affidavits but that had not been fully canvassed, I allowed the request. I also directed the legal practitioners to file further submissions and/or heads of argument if any. Counsel indicated that they would have filed all the said documents by 31 August 2020. Despite my... More

This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court handed down on 24 January 2020. The appeal seeks to impugn the court a quo’s order awarding custody of the parties’ three minor children to the respondent upon the separation of the parties. More